Job 7:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 7:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 7:15 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. life: Heb. bones" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 7:15 — KJV
“So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. life: Heb. bones”
— Job 7:15 (KJV)
Job 7:15 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 7:15
“And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. me: Heb. my soul”
Shares key themes with Job 7:15: soul, death, than
“Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! me: Heb. my soul, or, my life”
Shares key themes with Job 7:15: soul, death, life
“He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; He made...: Heb. He weighed a path life...: or, beasts to the murrain”
Shares key themes with Job 7:15: soul, death, life
“And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:15: death, rather, than
“Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. himself: Heb. his soul”
Shares key themes with Job 7:15: soul, rather, than
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